This Day in Jamaican Music

June 25

On June 25 in Jamaican music: we remember Doris Darlington (1998), 3 albums dated to this day, including It's Da New Best: Da Covers by Inner Circle (2003) and 6 stories from the news archive.

Releases

Released on this day

3

Albums and singles in the Listen library dated to this day — press play from any title.

  1. 2003 It's Da New Best: Da CoversAlbum

    Inner Circle

  2. 2021 Bigga BaggariddimAlbum

    UB40

  3. 2021 PamojaAlbum

    Etana

Tributes

Remembered on this day

1

Voices we lost on this date. Their music is still in the library.

  1. 1998 Doris Darlington

    Passed away · 28 years ago

News archive

Stories published on this day

6

From the JamaicansMusic newsroom, going back to 2008.

  1. 2015 Eddie Murphy Teams Up With Beenie Man for 'Wonna Deez Nites'

    Music

  2. 2015 Have a cup of Stoneleigh Estate

    Culture

  3. 2015 Stephen Marley reflects on the magic of Tuff Gong Studio

    Music

  4. 2014 Jah Vinci channels ‘Ghetto Born’ tribulations on debut album

    Music

  5. 2014 The Art of Jamaican-styled Dominoes

    Culture

  6. 2013 Bring it Back: Althea and Donna 'Uptown top Ranking'

    Music

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